In-cylinder flows of a motored four-stroke engine with flat-crown and slightly concave-crown pistons

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1156-1167

  Huang, R F ^a   Yang, H S ^a   Yeh, C N ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b Sangyang Industry Co   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

In cylinder flow; PIV measurement; Tumble motion

Indexed keywords

FLOW STRUCTURE; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTICITY;

IN-CYLINDER FLOW; PIV MEASUREMENT; TUMBLE MOTION;

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES;

FLOW STRUCTURE; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTICITY;

EID: 40949120231     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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